Government to review workplace rights
Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey has announced the Government’s intention to review workplace rights compliance and enforcement arrangements in 2011 to establish the scope for streamlining them and making them more effective as part of a wider employment law review. Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, has announced his intention to review the Government’s workplace rights compliance and enforcement arrangements to establish the scope for streamlining them and making them more effective. The review will be undertaken in 2011, when other priorities permit, and will be part of a wider rolling review of employment law being co-ordinated by the BIS. It is envisaged that the review will consider whether online and helpline employment law advice channels can be linked and streamlined. It will also look at the potential cost and operational benefits of enforcement models that would consolidate enforcement functions in a single body or fewer bodies. The review will initially be carried out internally within the Government, but will involve meetings with key interested parties to solicit views and test thinking. The BIS will then publish a statement of initial findings and intended next steps in 2011 in the context of progress reports on a wider employment law review.
February 2011
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